Day in Pictures - June 12, 2013

Tom Smith works to remove tree limbs to protect a friend's home from advancing flames Wednesday, June 12, 2013 near Burgess Road and Armonia Ranch Ct. in Black Forest northeast of Colorado Springs, Colo. A pair of U.S. Defense Department cargo planes was mobilized Wednesday to help battle wildfires in Colorado and elsewhere in the West as crews surveyed the damage from a large blaze burning near Colorado Springs that already has destroyed dozens of homes. (AP Photo/The Colorado Springs Gazette, Mark Reis) MAGS OUT

Protesters rest in a tent in Gezi Park, in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, June 12, 2013. Riot police fired tear gas, water cannon and rubber bullets in day-long clashes that lasted into the early hours Wednesday, battling protesters who have been occupying Istanbul's central Taksim Square and its adjacent Gezi Park in the country's most severe anti-government protests in decades.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

A protester, face stained by tear gas antidote, sleeps in Gezi Park in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, June 12, 2013. Riot police fired tear gas, water cannon and rubber bullets in day-long clashes that lasted into the early hours Wednesday, battling protesters who have been occupying Istanbul's central Taksim Square and its adjacent Gezi Park in the country's most severe anti-government protests in decades. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Russian opposition protesters some holding portraits of political prisoners shout anti-Putin slogans as they march through a street next to the Kremlin in Moscow on Wednesday, June 12, 2013.Thousands of Russian opposition activists are marching through Moscow decrying President Vladimir Putin's authoritarian rule and calling for the release of people they consider political prisoners. Wednesday's march is in support of 27 people who face charges related to a protest that turned violent on the eve of Putin's inauguration more than a year ago. The banner reads liberty to the captives on May 6! for our and your freedom! (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Performers in camouflaged uniforms use pots as musical instruments during celebrations for the Duanwu festival also known as the Dragon Boat festival held in Beijing, China, Wednesday, June 12, 2013. The festival originated in China and is marked with eating rice dumplings and racing dragon boats. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Afghan shepherds walk their cows in Kabul river on the outskirts of Laghman province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, June 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Natalie Guthrie, of Boston leans at left to take a photo of President Barack Obama during a campaign stop at Charlie's Sandwhch Shoppe in Boston, Wednesday, June 12, 2013. Obama traveled to Boston to campaign for Massachusetts Democratic Senate candidate Rep. Ed Markey. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Australian swimmer Chloe McCardel prepares to jump into the water as members of the media surround her at Hemingway Marina to start her swim to Florida from Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, June 12, 2013. McCardel, 29, is bidding to become the first person to make the Straits of Florida crossing without the protection of a shark cage. American Diana Nyad and Australian Penny Palfrey have attempted the crossing four times between them since 2011, but each time threw in the towel part way through due to injury, jellyfish stings or strong currents. Australian Susie Maroney did it in 1997, but with a shark cage. (AP Photo / Ramon Espinosa)

June 12, 2013 - Ramiyah Leann Drake, 3,creates a square with her hands to retired school teacher Betty Harris, not pictured, during pre-K registration at Southwind High School. (Yalonda M. James/The Commercial Appeal)

June 12, 2013 - Volunteer Neosa Rowland (front left) helps clients collect and carry their food staples during Tuesday's United Way of the Mid-South's mobile pantry food distribution at the Landers Center. Rowland joined a small army of volunteers with Volunteer Northwest Mississippi helping to prepare and hand out food to over 600 needy households. "I am in awe of what these volunteers do," says Anna Dickerson, Director of Volunteer Northwest Mississippi, "they come out in extreme temperatures, to help people, to help their neighbors." (Stan Carroll/The Commercial Appeal)